On Friday 05 December 2003 08:46 pm, John Richard Smith wrote:OK I will look into this, really, to my simple little mind all power PSU's ought to have at least a surge protector built into them, after all it's where it is really needed, all of the time , and any computer is this protected from sudden upsurges in power.
Seems to be the power supply , so I'm after a new one, hopefully more reliable one, but maybe I'm going to have to think more seriously about surge protectors if they are any good.Either that or buy a spare.
John
Get an Antec if you can.
If not, consult the AMD list for approved manufacturers, even for use with an Intel system.OK,
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_869_4348^4376,00.html
A cheap PSU is false economy.I agree, but right now off the shelf they seem to be the only ones available, at least my local suppliers PSU's make no mention of surge protectors, and as I needed something to get back up and running I've bought a cheapie to do just that.
Be aware tho that many ready made systems use proprietary connectors and power requirements, and you're stuck going to them for a replacement PSU.No problem there it seems , so far all of those available in UK seem to be identicle.
Is that so, now that may explains a lot.
Now why did the old one fail? Well sometimes they do, but many are affected as much or more by insufficient line power as by power spikes.
My computer was downloading all by itself and when I came back it was knackered.
Now it had attempted a reboot all by itself, but got stuck on the first fsck @ the y/n question.
Anyway My wife says none of the electric clocks have played up , which they usually do when we do get a power cut, which is not often. But a power reduction is quite likely
Better PSU's have their own built-in protection.which is what I'm now after.
You can check line power easily with a VOhm meter,true, but, a) how to get your meter which has DC up to 20 V as your closest option to read acurately, b) sorting out the pins on the output plug from PSU.
just stick the leads into the wall outlet you're using during periods when your neighbors are using a lot of power.Well I'm on a nice little housing estate, we all get power reliably 99% of the time, form an adequate local transformer.
Another occurance is when something like the A/C, furnace, or the refridgerator kicks in.Well we have plenty of equipement that kicks in and out , like fridges, freezers, so there is a possibility
The fix is to use an UPS. They are not only better at protecting from spikes than surge protectors are, they also protect against 'brownouts'. Providing steady clean power. Consider an UPS as protecting all your hardware, not just the PSU.Year, I'm reluctantly coming around to that idea. Heck all this equipement just to run a computer. Still at the end of the day, one has to balance the cost and inconvenience of installing more equipement over the cost and inconvenience of repair of burnt out equipement. I don't think I can protect everything.
John
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